Ebook: Gentlemen revolutionaries: power and justice in the new American republic
Author: Cutterham Tom
- Tags: Elite (Social sciences), Elite (Social sciences)--United States--History--18th century, Ideals (Philosophy)--Political aspects--United States--History--18th century, Politics and government, Power (Social sciences), Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--18th century, Social conditions, Social control, Social control--United States--History--18th century, Social justice, Social justice--United States--History--18th century, Social status, Social status--United States--History--18th century, Upper c
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- City: United States
- Language: English
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In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen - the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowners who comprised the independent republic's elite - worked hard to maintain their positions of power. This volume shows how their struggles over status, hierarchy, property, and control shaped the ideologies and institutions of the fledgling nation.
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